Tyson Food - A Letter To The Editor

Tyson Food in Shelbyville, Tennessee has eliminated Labor Day as a paid holiday in favor of the last day of Ramadan because they have 700 Muslim employees. The fact that they have almost that many non-muslim employees is beside the point apparently!
  
I  will no longer purchase any Tyson products.  It's just one more little chunk of America that's been bitten off.  If you wish to join me, then let your e-mail friends know this. If we don't stand up for something  we will fall for anything.

This was verified snopes.com <http://snopes.com/> .

1. snopes.com: Tyson Foods Muslim Holiday ••••
Employees of a Tyson Foods plant in Tennessee will be given a paid day off for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.
  ...a Tyson Foods plant in Tennessee will be given a paid day off for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.  ...drops Labor Day holiday for Eid al-Fitr You can bet that this action by Tyson is only the begining to removing more of the holidays and other symbols...
  ...Times-Gazette reported that workers at the local Tyson Foods' poultry processing plant would no longer have a paid day off on...
Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:41:03 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/tyson.asp

2. snopes.com: Where's the Outrage - Alisa Wilson •••
Letter to the 'Wall Steet Journal' responds to a 'Where's the Outrage?' editorial?
  ...Food Glurge Gallery History Holidays Horrors Humor Inboxer Rebellion Language Legal Lost Legends Love Luck Media Matters...
  ...from Muslims. Just this week, Tyson's Food negotiated with its union to permit Muslims to have Eid-al-Fitr as a holiday instead of Labor Day. What am I...
  ...am I missing? Yes, there is a large Somali Muslim population working at the Tyson's plant in Tennessee. Tennessee, last I checked, is still part of the...

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:47:06 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/outrage.asp